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Record Nr.

UNISA996262842703316

Autore

Antony Jiju

Titolo

Understanding, managing and implementing quality [[electronic resource] ] : frameworks, techniques and cases

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-134-59616-2

1-280-40362-4

0-203-46408-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PreeceDavid

Disciplina

658.4013

Soggetti

Total quality management

Business

Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Developing a strategic orientation for Quality Management; Promoting a strategic approach to TQM using a case-based intelligent system; Self-assessment frameworks for business organizations; Quality improvement tools and techniques for the twenty-first century; QFD: customer driven design of products and services; Taguchi methods of experimental design for continuous improvement of process effectiveness and product quality

Statistical process monitoring in the twenty-first centuryCase studies in Quality Management; TQM in higher education institutions: a review and case application; Do customers know what is best for them?: the use of SERVQUAL in UK policing; Quality in the NHS: can we master the art of 'conversation'?; Quality Management in public house retailing: a case study; Changing supervisory relations at work: behind the success stories of Quality Management initiatives;

Sommario/riassunto

Considers strategic aspects of quality management and self-assessment frameworks, and provides an in-depth examination of a



number of the main quality improvement tools and techniques.